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keep offTo stay or cause to stay at a distance.Rate it:

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kick inTo kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards.Rate it:

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make someone's blood boilTo cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.Rate it:

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pump upTo cause one's muscles to swell by means of focussed weightlifting.Rate it:

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red face testA hypothetical test of a person's embarrassment, that is either passed or failed. Saying one passes the red face test means one would not blush and thus would not be embarrassed by disclosing something to others or doing something, and saying one fails the red face test means a situation would cause them discernible embarrassment.Rate it:

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turn to stoneTo cause something to become stone.Rate it:

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suck intoTo cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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cool downTo cause something temperature to lower.Rate it:

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raise hellTo cause a great disturbance.Rate it:

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burn a hole in one's pocketTo cause someone to be tempted to spend money.Rate it:

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give someone pauseTo give somebody cause for concern.Rate it:

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wear downTo cause physical or mental fatigue.Rate it:

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when one door closes, another opensWhen one opportunity is lost, another opportunity soon becomes available.Rate it:

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give somebody pauseTo give somebody cause for concern.Rate it:

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je ne sais plus où j'en suis1. I have lost the place where I left off (in reading, etc.). 2. I do not know what I am about.Rate it:

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knock out of the boxTo cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.Rate it:

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small wonderAn event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.Rate it:

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acerbum dolorem alicui inurereto cause any one very acute pain.Rate it:

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actum est de meit's all over with me; I'm a lost man.Rate it:

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agree withTo not make one sick; to not cause nausea, vomiting or diarrhea when eaten.Rate it:

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alicuius partes (causam) or simply aliquem sequito embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of...Rate it:

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alicuius partibus studereto embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of...Rate it:

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allez voir là-bas si j'y suisget lost!Rate it:

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at handBeing at the moment the center of attention or the cause of trouble.Rate it:

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at seaConfused, lost, or adrift; bewildered.Rate it:

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bad taste in one's mouthA feeling something is morally despicable as to cause nausea.Rate it:

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bald as a billiard ballOne whom has lost much hair and prematurely bald.Rate it:

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be one's own worst enemyTo cause problems for one's self, act contrary to one's own interest, self-sabotage.Rate it:

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Beat the BandTo cause a lot of noise by showing excitement and emotions in a strong mannerRate it:

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beat upTo cause by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.Rate it:

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bellum facere, movere, excitareto cause a war.Rate it:

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bien perdu bien connuThat which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.Rate it:

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blind side someoneTo injure, reveal shared private information or cause financial or personal loss through disloyalty or actions which hurt or disappoint.Rate it:

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bliss outTo cause to experience bliss.Rate it:

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bloom is off the roseThe person, object, or situation identified in the context has lost its novelty, freshness, appeal, or acceptability.Rate it:

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blow awayTo cause to go away by blowing.Rate it:

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bog downTo cause to become stuck and unable to progress.Rate it:

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bon droit a besoin d'aideEven a good cause needs support.Rate it:

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bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture doréeA good name is better than riches; He who has lost his reputation is a dead man among the living.Rate it:

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Bottom LineThe end results, hard fact or the ultimate deduction of any event, cause, argument or situationRate it:

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break backTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.Rate it:

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break someone's heartTo cause a person to feel grief or sadness.Rate it:

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brew upTo cause to go up in flames.Rate it:

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bring onTo cause.Rate it:

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bring overTo cause to change allegiance or point of view.Rate it:

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bring togetherTo cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness.Rate it:

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bring up againstTo cause someone to have to solve a problem or deal with an issue.Rate it:

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bruise upTo cause bruises to appear, usually by beating or battering.Rate it:

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bug outTo cause to bulge.Rate it:

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